[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Oyster
Bay as Ch. 2, Art. II, Div. 2, of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed to them:
Of the classified civil service, shall include unskilled
laborers and all positions listed in Appendix D of the Rules of the
Nassau County Civil Service Commission, as amended.
Of the classified civil service, shall include all employees
and positions not included in the exempt or the labor classes, for
which positions, the County Civil Service Commission has not found
or does not find it to be practicable to determine the merit and fitness
of applicants by competitive examinations, such positions being specifically
named in Appendix B of the Rules of the Nassau County Civil Service
Commission, as amended.
The Personnel Division, office of the Town Supervisor or
such other division, office or department as may hereafter be established
or designated by the Town Board for the purpose of handling matters
relating to personnel.
The Town Board declares and finds that the application and development
of the concept of civil service in relating to local municipal government
has worked to the benefit of the public, the administration of good
government and the welfare of public employees and that, in furtherance
of these aims and in the interest of continuing to attract qualified
people into the employment of the town, the benefits and protections
now afforded by the Civil Service Law of the state to employees in
the competitive class of the classified service, with respect to removal
and disciplinary action, ought to be extended also to employees of
the town in the noncompetitive and labor classes of the classified
service.
A.Â
Each original appointment or employment hereafter made in the noncompetitive
or labor classes shall be for a probationary period of six months,
pursuant to the provisions of Rule XIX of the Rules of the Nassau
County Civil Service Commission.
B.Â
The written report on the probationer's services required under Rule XIX, Section 8, of the rules adopted in Subsection A shall be made on forms to be supplied by the Personnel Office and shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and the Personnel Office and shall thereupon be submitted to the Town Board for appropriate action in the form either of permanent appointment or termination of employment.
No person who shall have attained the status of a permanent
employee in the noncompetitive or labor classes, pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter and Rule XIX of the Rules of the Nassau County Civil
Service Commission, shall be removed from his position or employment
or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary penalty except in compliance
with the provisions of § 75 of the Civil Service Law of
the State of New York and Rule XXVI of the Rules of the Nassau County
Civil Service Commission.
For the purpose of holding the hearings prescribed by § 75
of the Civil Service Law, the Town Board shall designate the Supervisor
or other town officer or employee, as may be designated by the Supervisor,
in writing.
